Abstract

India is the world’s second largest producer of fruits and vegetables. Besides, large quantities of spices, condiments, medicinal and aromatic plant products and flowers are produced in the country. Horticulture deals with the production and processing of fruit crops, vegetables, ornamentals, medicinal, aromatic plants, mushrooms, spices, plantations and tuber crops. Uttarakhand faces numerous hurdles in agriculture sector like marginal and scattered land holdings, tough geographic and topographic conditions, rainfed agriculture, and lack of proper infrastructure and market linkages, lower level of productivity and input usage, migration and lack of entrepreneurship. Present paper aim is to discuss the training needs of hortipreneurs.

• 1.   Amarendrapratap M. Factors influencing entrepreneurship among farming community in Uttar Pradesh. J Arts Sci Commer. 2013;4(3):114-121.
• 2.   Anju GS, Raju JK. Challenges of SHG’s rural women entrepreneurship with special reference to Davangere district. Glob J Commer Manag Perspect. 2014;3(5):133-135.
• 3.   Bhattacharya M, Hassan B, Wani S. Hortipreneurship challenges and opportunities: The way forward to doubling farmers’ income. In: International Conference on Market Led Extension Management; 2021; Jaipur. p. 5-8.
• 4.   Emmanuel M. Entrepreneurship and motivation in small business sector of Kerala: A study of rubber products and manufacturing industry [dissertation]. Cochin: Cochin University of Science and Technology; 2013.
• 5.   Frank S. Transforming Ugandan women’s livelihoods through entrepreneurship [master's thesis]. Leuven: Katholieke University Leuven; 2012.
• 6.   Gulati A, Wardhan H, Ganguly K. Agricultural Value Chain in India. New Delhi: Springer Nature; 2022. 298 p.
• 7.   Gupta S. Constraints in effective transfer of technology to the farmwomen through KVKs. Int J Ext Educ. 2014;10:131-135.
• 8.   Food and Agriculture Organization. Chapter 1: Fruits and vegetables: An overview on socio-economical and technical issues [Internet]. Rome: FAO; [cited 2023 Mar 22].
• 9.   Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Horticultural Division [Internet]. New Delhi: ICAR; [cited 2022 Dec 20].
• 10.   Farm to peel: Embracing digital technology and sustainable farming [Internet]. The Financial Express. 2023 [cited 2023 Apr 2].
• 11.   India’s fruits and vegetables industry [Internet]. India Brand Equity Foundation; 2023 [cited 2023 Jan 1].
• 12.   Agriculture Census in India [Internet]. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India; [cited 2023 Jan 22].
• 13.   State Profile [Internet]. State Horticulture Mission, Government of Uttarakhand; [cited 2022 Nov 23].
• 14.   Fresh fruits and vegetables [Internet]. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA); [cited 2022 Dec 1].
• 15.   World Bank. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) finance [Internet]. Washington D.C.: The World Bank; [cited 2022 Nov 20
• 16.   UNICEF. Youth unemployment: The facts [Internet]. UNICEF; [cited 2023 Feb 2].
• 17.   Javed MJ, Khan MA, Ahmed Imran H, Ranaaziz UR, Rehman DR. Determinants of business success of small and medium enterprises. Int J Acad Res Bus Soc Sci. 2011;22(3):33-39.
• 18.   Knowles MS, Holton EF, Swanson RA. The Adult Learner: The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development. 7th ed. Boston, MA: Elsevier; 2011.
• 19.   Kumar S, Sheoran DK, Singh J. Training needs of flower farmers in Haryana. Technofame Int J Multidiscip Adv Res. 2014;3(1):87-95.
• 20.   Lal B, Tondon V. Impact of vocational training programmes on knowledge gain by rural youth. J Community Mobilization Sustain Dev. 2011;6(2):174-176.
• 21.   Lalhunthara. Entrepreneurship and gender: A case study of Mizoram enterprises in Aizwal district, Mizoram. Int J Bus Manag. 2015;3(8):46-51.
• 22.   Mittal S, Sethi D. Development strategy for the hill district of Uttarakhand. New Delhi: Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations; 2008. (Working Paper No. 217).
• 23.   Mohapatra S, Mishra R. Diversification towards vegetable crops: A good option for doubling the farmer’s income. J Exp Agric Int. 2017;18(4):1-7.
• 24.   Mualuko BW, Mbabazize M, Jayashukla. Effect of self-help groups activities on women empowerment in Rwanda: A case of Twisungane women’s self-help group. Int J Bus Manag. 2016;4(4):539-547.
• 25.   Nagalakshmi T, Sudhakar A. Agripreneurs: A case study of Dharmpuri farmers. Int J Sci Res. 2013;2(8):208-214.
• 26.   National Horticulture Board. Area production estimate statistics [Internet]. Gurugram: National Horticulture Board; [cited 2022 Nov 22]. Available from: https://nhb.gov.in/
• 27.   Negi S, Anand N. Factors leading to losses and wastage in the supply chain of fruits and vegetables sector in India. Energy Infrastruct Transp Challenges Way Forward. 2016;1:89-105.
• 28.   Olabisi G, Sherifat Y, Olagbemi AA, Akinwole AA. Factors affecting small-scale business performance in informal economy in Lagos state Nigeria: A gendered based analysis. Asian J Sci Res. 2011;9(10):558-573.
• 29.   Qureshi S, Ahmed A, Nargis S. Women participation in hilly areas of Uttarakhand- India: An analytical study. Eur Scholar J. 2021;5(2):6.
• 30.   Ravichandra NG. Horticulture and its role in the national economies. In: Ravichandra NG, editor. Horticultural Nematology. New Delhi: Springer; 2014
• 31.   Robitasorokhaibam K, Nandita L. Women entrepreneurship in Manipur, North East India. Interdiscip J Res Bus. 2011;1(2):46-53.
• 32.   Rokonuzzaman M. Training needs of tribal people in carrying out income generating activities. Indian J Ext Educ. 2013;13(1):77-84.
• 33.   Schumpeter JA. The Fundamental Phenomenon of Economic Development: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development. New York: Free Press; 1965. 489 p.
• 34.   Sajeev MV, Singha AK. Capacity building through KVKs: Training need analysis of farmers of Arunachal Pradesh. Indian J Ext Educ. 2010;10(1):83-90.
• 35.   Sharma JP, Sharma N. Entrepreneurship development in agriculture. In: Agro Enterprises for Rural Development and Livelihood Security. New Delhi: New India Publishing Agency; 2011. p. 1-14.
• 36.   Sonkar SP, Mishra OP. Training needs of vegetable growers in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh. In: Indian Society of Extension Education Golden Jubilee National Seminar, Souvenir cum abstract book; 2015 Nov 5-7; Varanasi.
• 37.   Stephan U, Martin L, Dominika D, Richter PG. Attitudes towards and perceptions of entrepreneurs in central eastern Europe (Poland, Czech Republic, and East Germany): Study two, the concept of entrepreneur across culture. Int Small Bus J. 2010;27(3):57-60.
• 38.   Swathy S, Benazir Y. A study on the challenges faced by the entrepreneurs. Int Mark Rev. 2014;2(4):18–28.
• 39.   Thaker K, Ahlawat S. Entrepreneurial interests and training need of tribal farm women of Amirgarh and Dantatalukas of Banaskantha district, Gujarat. Indian Res J Ext Educ. 2012;1(2):296-302.
• 40.   Tiwari AK, Pathak J. Constraints faced by rice-wheat growers in training imparted by KVK. Indian J Ext Educ. 2011;47(3&4):82-85.

Data Sharing Statement

Funding